Improvement in ink-retaining attachment for pens



@aient otyljlra ALBERT G. BROWN, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

I Letters Patent No. 99,147, dated January 25, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN INK-RETAINING- ATTACHMENT FOR PENS.

" The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT G. BROWN, of Hartford, county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improved Fountain- Attachment for Pens; and I declare the following to be a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference thereon, forming a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a view of a pen-holder and stock, with my invention attached, the concave side of the pen being toward the observer.

Figure 2 is a back-end view of' my attachment.

Like letters indicate like parts.

The letter a indicatesthe pen.

b, the holder.

c, the stock.

The letter d indicates the concave bowl of the inkholder, with its concavity opposed to the concavity of the pen, and its point reaching down almost to the point of thepen. Y

To the upper end of the bowl is axed thestraght piece e, which, at its upper end, divides into two parts, which are twisted linto the single spirals e' e', forming thereby a spring, whose ends are affixed to the crossbar i, whose two ends, i il', are formed into clips, ca-

pable of springing on or sliding over the two edges oi' a peu or a holder, and are, 0f course, detached there from at pleasure.

The Wholeis made of any proper thin sheet-metal. The advantages of' this fountain are: First, being detachable, it can be used o1' not, as

, desired.

Second, it is attachable to an ordinary pen orholdcr.

Third, itis easily cleaned. Fourth, it never unloads its ink accidentally. I'clairn, as my invention- I The concave bowl d, attached by means of the straight piece e and the spirals e e', to the cross-bari,

whose'ends are formed into clips for embracing the edges of a pen or holder, the whole being arranged and constructed `substantially' as described, for the purpose set forth.

Dated September 1.8, 1869.

ALBERT G. BROWN. W'itnesses W. E. SIMMns, JOHN L. DOUGLAs. 

